Word: beeswaxed
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Dates: during 1924-1924
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...such palpable imitation of Nature. At present, one Mrs. Calcott of London is experimenting with a new method in wax. "She does not try to make her miniature's lifelike and for that reason is more artistic. . . ." She says of her process that she uses pure White beeswax and melts the color into it. To a large extent she makes her portraits by taking casts of a clay or wax model, particularly because it would be so difficult to keep wax clean in London. Each color must be cast separately, the parts afterwards joined up with a hot tool...